Tag: Olivia Spenser

There’s self-serving, and then there’s the BnB’s Donna. It takes gall to tell the man you’ve just cheated with that if your husband was awake from his coma, he’d be grateful that you were around to save her. Sure, Eric would have thanked Owen for saving Donna from Pam’s attempted murder plot, but he’d have left it at that. He’d have never thanked Owen by taking him to bed. He for SURE wouldn’t have thanked Owen for taking his wife to bed.

Everything about Eric and Donna’s relationship rang false from the beginning, but Donna’s actions with Owen, and comatose Eric’s reactions have only confirmed for me that the only connection they’ve ever had is the one they forged while naked. Donna cried and prayed over Eric’s comatose body. His true wife (Stephanie) did as well. His children did the same… NADA! Donna falls into bed with another man and at that VERY moment Eric wakes up calling her name? So very Eric. He may not feel her pain, but he must have some sort of psychic connection with whatever gives her pleasure. For those of you who named him ‘horny bear’ instead of ‘honey bear’. You were dead on.

There’s self-serving, and then there’s GL’s Grady. Set up your girlfriend’s ex, have him jailed, and then keep her close. Why? Because you ‘love’ her. Well, that explains why he’s more willing to work as a prostitute than get a job. Even worse? He doesn’t think his new business venture involves his girlfriend. Why should she have to know that he’s willing to sleeep with anyone who’ll pay the fee? He did take her to dinner with the loot, after all. Luckily, Olivia couldn’t go through with it. Too bad, for her, that she was willing to pay him in the first place. Anyone who’s ever read this blog or read a post I’ve written on any board knows that I’m no fan of Cassie’s. I’m of the firm belief it would take a wooden stake and holy water to get rid of that character, and even THEN I’m not sure we’d be so lucky in getting rid of her.

So it means something when I say that Grady telling Cyrus to just sleep with Cassie and let that be it, as if she was nothing more than garbage, infuriated me. If you kill a woman’s child, you might not want to treat her as if she’s not worth anything more than a good shag and then a good dumping. Is it safe to say by extension, that given Grady’s actions, he doesn’t love or respect Daisy any more than he does Olivia, or Cassie? Poor Daisy, foolish girl. Now get off of my screen, PLEASE!

There’s self-serving and then there’s OLTL’s Blair and Todd. What started out as an epic multilayer love story has me clutching my sides in pain and tearing out my hair. Does anyone doubt that Blair is fooling herself into believing that she wants custody of Sam for the sake of loving him and caring about him? Nothing gives Blair greater pleasure than sticking it to Todd.

Nothing gives Todd greater pleasure than making everyone around him miserable. Marty may not remember that Todd is the man who raised her. She may not remember her own life as a therapist, but she knows enough to know that something is definitely wrong with Todd. You can see it in her eyes. She gets it, the guy isn’t stable. Remember when Todd’s instability use to be fun? Now? It’s just creepy… emphasis on CREEPY.

Can I add to the ‘self-serving’ list the OLTL writers? At this point, it’s CLEAR that far too many people know about Tess’ little secret for her plot to be successful. Tess was never stupid in the past. Is the audience to believe that Jess’ pregnancy is costing alter-Tess major IQ points? Blair has seen her meeting with the electrician. Nat, Tina, Jare, and now Bo all know about the guy, and that he’s been in the basement working behind a locked door. Are we really to believe that if Jared comes up missing, no one will think to look downstairs? At this point, not only has Tess become dumber, but I feel as though MY intelligence has been insulted as well. I’d like to believe that the writers saved something special for this plot (hey, they pulled it out with the Mendorra storyline)… I’m just not that hopeful that lighting will strike twice – unless you’re Rex, Bo, and Gigi… and I just don’t want to talk about that time travel storyline again.

Oh well. The writers started off strong with Tess’ return. I only wish they’d found a way to stay that way. Too much focus on the Starr-Cole fiasco, too much focus on time travel, and too little focus on Tess The Great.